Obama: Keystone pipeline must not add to global warming

June 25, 2013

US President Barack Obama speaks on climate change on June 25, 2013 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday that the Canada-US Keystone XL oil pipeline will be approved only if it does not increase emissions of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday that the Canada-US Keystone XL oil pipeline will be approved only if it does not increase emissions of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

"I do want to be clear, allowing the Keystone Pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation's interest," Obama said in a speech laying out a new strategy to fight climate change.

"Our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution," Obama said at Georgetown University.

The US State Department is currently preparing its recommendation on whether to approve the project.

It concluded in a draft report in March that the project would have no major impact on the environment. A final decision rests with Obama.

Obama had been widely expected to approve the project, and it was not immediately clear how his remarks on Tuesday would affect that perception.

Supporters of the pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada's tar sands to coastal Texas, insist that it would have a negligible impact on the environment.

Opponents say that Alberta's tar sands are the 'dirtiest' oil on the planet because it must be essentially melted with steaming hot water before it can be refined into useable petroleum products.

The process means more fossil fuels need to be burned as part of the extraction process, which further contributes to climate change.

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I agree with you Stephen Crowley. President Obama is a disappointment as a world leader and just playing with words as usual or maybe his teleprompter was out of sync. The carbon dioxide resulting from the Canadian oil sands is INSIGNIFICANT on a global scale if one truly and honestly wants to talk about carbon dioxide emissions. The coal burning plants in the USA are the real bogey man that President Obama should be concerned about. Its a wonder President Obama did not trot out his old remarks about him pledging to slow down the rising ocean levels.

The carbon dioxide resulting from the Canadian oil sands is INSIGNIFICANT on a global scale if one truly and honestly wants to talk about carbon dioxide emissions. The coal burning plants in the USA are the real bogey man that President Obama should be concerned about. Its a wonder President Obama did not trot out his old remarks about him pledging to slow down the rising ocean levels.

But...but...but, wait, it's the Rethuglicans that hate science, not Obama.

Truth is, he's looking for any excuse whatsoever to stop the pipeline, and further trash the economy. His EPA started trying to bankrupt coal companies almost two years ago, as he famously said he wanted long ago. Coal provides 40% of the US electricity, and sunbeams and breeze are not ready to replace fossil fuels.

It's classic Cloward and Piven; overwhelm the system until it crashes, then seize power in the ensuing chaos. Never let a crisis go to waste, especially when you worked so hard to cause it yourself.

Another excuse to destroy the economy.Canadian companies will sell the oil to someone else, in the world, that will transport it across oceans, risky spills, and will be BURNED.Ayn Rand was prophetic in Atlas..Where is Galt's Gulch?

Another excuse to destroy the economy.Canadian companies will sell the oil to someone else, in the world, that will transport it across oceans, risky spills, and will be BURNED.Ayn Rand was prophetic in Atlas..Where is Galt's Gulch?

And the oil will be transported by rail, owned by Buffet, to the tankers.

And now the attack on coal. This will cost the country hundreds of thousands of jobs because of a geological warming trend starting in the fifties. BO has to go. Rein him in during the mid terms, vote Republican and if you can't do that, with hold your vote for the Democrat. No oil, no coal, no jobs this is a national security issue. Vote to save America.

And now the attack on coal. This will cost the country hundreds of thousands of jobs because of a geological warming trend starting in the fifties. BO has to go. Rein him in during the mid terms, vote Republican and if you can't do that, with hold your vote for the Democrat. No oil, no coal, no jobs this is a national security issue. Vote to save America.

The Pentagon says that global warming is a national security issue.

Do you claim to know better than our best military minds?

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